Daily Archives: September 22, 2009

Renner Remembered

Former Courant writer Matthew Hay Brown, now a writer for the Baltimore Sun, writes eloquently today about the late Jerry Renner, the Courant religion writer who brought  grace, humor, scholarship and an incredible professionalism to his work. Here’s the piece, entitled Thinking of Jerry.

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A Harder Look At The Cubs Deal

I’ve pretty much ignored the ongoing saga of the sale of the Chicago Cubs, but this one from Allan Sloan in Washington Post is more interesting than most — mainly because it talks about another case of  Sam Zell’s sharp practice.

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Another Refugee In The Blogosphere

Have you checked out this blog lately?  Assembled by Scott Anderson (late of Tribune in Chicago and, before that, Fort Lauderdale) it indexes the blogs of dozens of former Tribune employees, including this one by Diane Kowalczyk of the Courant, who used to work in composing and pagination.

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